as in breeze
something easily done or dealt with
no one was pretending that winning the election would be a cakewalk
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Recent Examples of cakewalk
The legal wrangling in this election could make that which followed the 2000 election in Florida look like a cakewalk.
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Reuben E. Brigety Ii, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2020
After winning the offseason free agent sweepstakes for both Ohtani and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a cakewalk in the NL West was expected.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Yes, but: Seattle is playoffs-bound, too, so this won't be a cakewalk.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
Directional shapes float and carve well, but riding switch isn’t a cakewalk.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
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Reuben E. Brigety Ii, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2020
After winning the offseason free agent sweepstakes for both Ohtani and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, a cakewalk in the NL West was expected.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Yes, but: Seattle is playoffs-bound, too, so this won't be a cakewalk.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024
Directional shapes float and carve well, but riding switch isn’t a cakewalk.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cakewalk
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Plus, use our hack for placing tinsel on your tree to make next year's cleanup a breeze.Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2024
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In the remnants of one residential building, a sole curtain fluttered in the wintry breeze; the floors below it were collapsed like a pancake.Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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Cast a line off the fishing pier, launch a canoe, or pack a picnic to enjoy under a pavilion.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2024
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And, finally, the once-daily Changi Precinct Tour (10 a.m.) focuses on the hidden gems of the residential town just outside the airport, with 30-minute stopovers in Tampines Central Park and Changi Beach Park, a sandy spot for picnics and plane-spotting.Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some people use it as a sauce for a cake, and in that case, it can be served warm or room temperature.Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2024
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The same kind of random as Swift putting two fingers into a red velvet cake to make parallel lines for a double album that might have been 26 tracks but instead was 31.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Cakewalk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cakewalk. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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